Meet the 2024 All-Greater Rochester Boys Indoor Track and Field Team
The All-Greater Rochester Boys Indoor Track and Field Team was selected by coaches with input from Democrat and Chronicle staff and Jim Castor, a retired assistant sports editor of the Democrat and Chronicle who has covered running in the Rochester area for more than five decades.
Athlete of the Year
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Emily Bryant and Joseph Lord
Events: Triple jump and long jump.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer. Won double gold medals for his 49-foot, one-half inch triple jump at states. It’s New York state’s best this season, No. 6 nationally and is second all-time in Section V.
Future plans: Hopes to major in computer science and engineering and compete in track and field in college.
Year: Senior
Parent/guardian: Rachelle Williams and Michelle Stagles
Events: Wheelchair 55-meter, 300 and shot put.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first-teamer. Setting personal bests of 14.31 in the 55 at A5 sectionals, 1:15.31 in the 300 and an 11-foot throw in shot put at the Wayne-Finger Lakes league championships. Also became the first high school wheelchair athlete in state history to compete in and win a 300-meter race on a banked track.
Future plans: Attending SUNY Oswego to study toward becoming a Certified Public Accountant.
Year: Senior
Parents: Terri and Rob Dickerson
Events: Middle distance and relays.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer. His personal-best 4:22.6 opening 1,600 leg of Section V’s intersectional distance medley relay at states set the stage for winning double gold in the event, first time in more than 20 years for Section V.
Future plans: Attending Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla., to study pastoral ministry.
Year: Senior
Parents: Mandy and Jack Elliot
Events: Middle distance and relays.
Key accomplishment: Ran Section V’s fastest 300 of the season – 1:23.26 – for a top 10 finish at states, also breaking the school record. It ranks 22nd in the state for the season.
Future plans: Study aerospace engineering and run track in college.
Year: Senior
Parent: Diana Fisher
Events: Middle distance and distance.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first-teamer. Set a personal best with Section V’s fastest time of the season in the 1,600 at states – 4:19.65, a school record. Also set school records in the 1,000 (2:33.09) and 3,200 (9:27.67), both at the Monroe County championships.
Future plans: Attending Canisius University to study sports and exercise health care and run cross country and track.
Year: Senior
Parent: Michele Giglia
Events: Distance.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer. Ran his best race of the season at states, a personal-best 4:19.59 1,600 for a 10th-place finish. It’s ranked 11th in the state and is No. 1 on Section V’s leaderboard.
Future plans: Attending Canisius University to study accounting and finance.
Year: Sophomore
Parent: Yolanda Kaulder
Events: Sprints, horizontal jumps and relays.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first-teamer. Won the 55 and long jump at A1 sectionals, helped break the sprint medley relay and 800 relay school records and scored podium finishes in the 55 and long jump (two silver medals) at states.
Future plans: “Keep working hard.” Hopes to attend Texas Tech to study biology/sports medicine or electrical engineering.
Future plans: Keep working hard.
Year: Senior
Parent: Chakapeah Leonard
Events: Sprints, hurdles and relays.
Key accomplishments: “Competing at states,” where he was 10th in public school competition in 55 hurdles with a 7.90, after qualifying the week before with his personal best, 7.78, No. 3 on the leaderboard. Competed on Franklin’s combined team.
Future plans: Attend a trade school to become an electrician and carpenter.
Year: Senior
Parents: Lori Barnard-Northrup and Craig Northrup
Events: Throws.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first-teamer. Won double gold at states in shot put and double silver in weight throw. Threw 58-1.5 at a Monroe County league meet to break his outdoor shot put personal best and broke the 20-meter barrier in weight throw with a 66-foot throw at the same meet. Both rank No. 3 in the state.
Future plans: Attending Cornell to major in nutritional science with a minor in applied exercise science.
Year: Senior
Parents: Hilary Hagen and Vincent Pagano
Events: Sprints and relays.
Key accomplishments: Double medalist at states in the 55 (third and fourth) with a personal-best 6.42, just .01 off Section V’s top leaderboard time and tying for fourth-best in the state. Third on the leaderboard at 35.25 in the 300. Ran second leg on the sprint medley relay that broke the Section V record with a 3:30.84 at New Balance nationals.
Future plans: Undecided on college but wants to study finance and accounting.
Year: Senior
Parents: Brittani and Ronald Palermo
Events: Sprints and relays.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer. Earned All-America honors running first leg of Hilton’s sixth-place 800 relay in 1:30.16 at Nike nationals. Same team also won double silver medals at states in 1:29.65 and broke the Section V record in the preliminaries in 1:29.18.
Future plans: Attending Penn State on scholarship to run track and study kinesiology.
Year: Senior
Parents: Amy and Jeff Passalugo
Events: Distance.
Key accomplishments: Five-time AGR first-teamer. Set a personal best of 9:09.33 in the 3,200 at states, earning double medals, with Section V’s best time all season and seventh best in the state and 24th best nationally.
Future plans: Attending Siena College to study marketing and run track and cross country.
Year: Senior
Parent: Antwanita Miles
Events: Horizontal jumps.
Key accomplishments: Won sixth- and eighth-place medals at states with a 43-8 triple jump, second-best on Sec. V’s leaderboard and is fourth on the long jump leaderboard at 23-0, breaking his school record at New Balance nationals.
Future plans: Attending Finger Lakes Community College and hopefully Penn State to complete a four-year degree in kinesiology.
Year: Junior
Parents: Kirsten and John Shea
Events: Middle distance and relays.
Key accomplishments: Winning the 1,000, helping the 3,200 relay win at A2 sectionals and winning the 1,000 at state qualifiers. Second-fastest leaderboard time in the 1,000 in 2:34.23, No. 15 in the state.
Future plans: Hopes to run in college and study math and the sciences.
Year: Senior
Parent: Tannya Thomas
Event: Hurdles.
Key accomplishments: “Making history for my school by being the first to go to states and nationals.” Led all Section V 55 hurdlers with a season-best 7.59 at state qualifiers, 8th on the state leaderboard. Finished 9th and 11th at states in 7.89.
Future plans: Hopes to attend SUNY Brockport and run track.
Year: Senior
Parents: Shykeria Searles and Tyrell Simmons Sr.
Events: Jumps.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer (football wide receiver and tight end). Won two silver medals for high jumping his career best 6-8 at states, tied for third best in the state. Fifth on the Section V leaderboard with a 44-11.5 triple jump, 13th- best in the state.
Future plans: Attending University at Buffalo to study business management and play Division 1 football.
Year: Senior
Parents: Vanessa and Justin Sinclair
Event: Pole vault
Key accomplishments: Cleared a personal best 14 feet to win state qualifiers at Nazareth, one of just 13 to clear that height in New York. Finished 10th at states.
Future plans: Attending Nazareth University and will continue vaulting. Undecided on a major.
Year: Junior
Parents: Holly Rademacker and Jason Siverling
Events: Throws.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first-teamer. Threw the shot 58-10 at Nike nationals to break his school indoor record, 2nd-longest in the state. Won both throws at A2 sectionals, with a personal best 60-3.25 mark with the weight, 14th in the state.
Future plans: Wants to attend a major university to study business administration and management and continue his throwing career.
Year: Junior
Parents: Lynne and Andrew Tempest
Events: Distance.
Key accomplishments: Three-time AGR first teamer. Set a personal best 9:16.49 to finish 8th and 12th at states in the 3,200, 12th-best time in New York. Finished 29th of 50 in a personal best 15:13 for the 5,000 at Nike nationals.
Future plans: Study business courses and run competitively in college.
Year: Freshman
Parent: Latoya Poinsette
Event: Sprints, high jump and relays.
Key accomplishments: No. 1 freshman high jumper in the country with a 6-8 leap in a league meet in late December at RIT. Also No. 1 freshman all-time in Section V and tied for ninth overall. Double-medaled at states (two fourths) jumping 6-6.
Future plans: To attend college and compete all three seasons, in football, basketball and track.
Year: Senior
Parent: Sherry Kitchens
Events: Sprints and relays.
Key accomplishments: Two-time AGR first-teamer. Won state public schools 300 championship with season-best 34.35, state’s third-best time and No. 2 all-time in Section V. Competed on Franklin’s combined team.
Future plans: Attending Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas.
Coach of the Year
Profession: Seventh grade level manager (dean) at UPrep.
Varsity coaching experience: AGR indoor track athlete of the year for Greece Athena in 2011-2012 and Section V 300 record-holder has coached UPrep indoor and outdoor since 2019. Won first outdoor sectional title last spring and first indoor sectional title in school history this year.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: AGR: All-Greater Rochester Boys Indoor Track and Field 2024 Team
